On to Day 20 of National Poetry Writing Month and I am once again following the prompt over on the NaPoWriMo site. They have challenged us to write a kenning poem which is a riddle-like metaphor used in the Norse sagas. They are basically a way of describing something without using it’s actual name. They have asked us to think of a single thing or person – so I decided to use myself as the subject – and then write a poem that consists of kenning-like descriptions. For example, you might call a cat a mouse-stalker, quiet-walker, bird-warner, purr-former, etc.

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That’s brilliant Vicky! And without knowing you personally, I feel I still know you quite well through your blog and social media and those descriptions are spot-on! Love it and feel inspired to give it a go myself now. 🙂 Thanks for hosting #prose4t